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Helene Elliott: Taylor Fritz is on the cusp of tennis greatness. Will he continue to rise in 2023?

Taylor Fritz set two ambitious objectives for 2022: finish the year in the top 10 in the men's tennis world rankings, and win a big event. Done and done, with a couple of added flourishes. Fritz, who grew up in Rancho Santa Fe and now lives in Miami, started the year at No. 23 but finished No. 9 and is the top-ranked American man. In March, he won his first Masters 1000 tournament — just below ...
Taylor Fritz, of the United States, returns a shot to Tommy Paul, of the United States, during their match at the Miami Open tennis tournament on Monday, March 28, 2022, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

Taylor Fritz set two ambitious objectives for 2022: finish the year in the top 10 in the men's tennis world rankings, and win a big event.

Done and done, with a couple of added flourishes.

Fritz, who grew up in Rancho Santa Fe and now lives in Miami, started the year at No. 23 but finished No. 9 and is the top-ranked American man. In March, he won his first Masters 1000 tournament — just below the four Grand Slams in significance — by ending a hobbled Rafael Nadal's 20-match winning streak at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, even though an injured ankle nearly forced Fritz

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